Warrior Reviews
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
A straight genre picture, but the best MMA movie ever.
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| Original Score: 3/4
ScreenRant
Tom and Brendan are enough to offer a satisfying payoff - even if minor characters are left flailing in their wake.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
TheShiznit.co.uk
Warrior reveals itself to be more than just a brainless slugger - like the best boxing movies, it's able to utterly wrap you up in the moment and have you punching the air come its conclusion.
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| Original Score: 4/5
We Got This Covered
Warrior is one of the year's best films that has everything audiences are looking for in a sports movie experience. Visually exciting fight sequences are matched by an emotionally complex story with believable characters full of conviction.
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| Original Score: 10/10
Reel Film Reviews
...an instant classic that manages to surpass even the original Rocky in terms of effectiveness...
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| Original Score: 4/4
TheMovieReport.com
Familiar fight movie tropes are followed, but the dramatic stakes that O'Connor lends the proceedings give them uncommon involvement and an even rarer sense of suspense.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
IGN DVD
Warrior is an unbelievably effective film, not just because it's emotionally rich, but because it doesn't treat the MMA sport like a joke.
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| Original Score: 9/10
What Culture
Trumping even genre classic Rocky, Warrior packs a grand emotional wallop thanks to top-tier performances and the fact that you don't want either fighter to lose.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
Bangitout.com
One cannot genuinely fault Warrior for the clichéd elements of its story, simply because reviving the cliché is the whole point.
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| Original Score: 3/4
KWQC-TV (Iowa)
Not far removed from its true-to-life counterpart 'The Fighter,' 'Warrior' is about two men who decide to enter a mixed martial arts competition for two very different reasons.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Spirituality and Practice
A sports movie about a martial arts tournament and an intimate drama about letting go of hatred and opening the heart to the healing balm of forgiveness.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
Cinema Crazed
A superb drama, and a remarkable sports film.
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| Original Score: 4/4
The Sabotage Times
Warrior makes a creditable attempt at expanding the scope of the MMA films - and whilst not always successful - the powerful performances should keep many people happy
Moviedex
Formulaic yes, but the best iteration of this formula in a very long time.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
Matt's Movie Reviews
Warrior is a superbly acted and emotional film about manhood, family and never submitting to life's beat downs.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
Sydney Morning Herald
Its three leads certainly deserve consideration for their artfulness in being able to infuse it with intimations of quality.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
FILMINK (Australia)
Dotted with emotional honesty and strong storytelling that you only find in truly special movies.
Quickflix
The film's great achievement is not in the way it manages to drop us suitably wimpy audience members right into a good ol' fashioned no-holds-barred fight, but that it can be ... touching, heartbreaking and emotionally satisfying at the same time.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Urban Cinefile
As fight films go, Warrior is as gutsy as they get, with not just a big cash prize at stake but a whole family
Urban Cinefile
A towering, punchy film in which redemption is the key theme ...a career-making role for Edgerton
